PHOTO PROMPT
Copyright -Mary Shipman
The auction was on. People piled into the Bourgeois house out of curiosity, no one really wanted to buy a house after what had happened. It was five years ago. The city waited out of respect for their past Mayor François Bourgeois but the taxes had to be paid; the law said 18 months in arrears and a property had to be auctioned off to cover at least unpaid taxes.
A young girl was lagging behind her mother, staring at the wallpaper where the little Amelie had slept. She remembered sadly, playing Barbies here. That was before the Bourgeois Massacre.
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/20
Written for Friday Fictioneers – Photo Prompt June 20,2014 – Fiction under 100 words.
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
Very sad.
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Yes, it was…under 100 words it is hard to have “happy” I find but then that’s perhaps my dark muse tonight.
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Was there a Bourgeois Massacre? Sounds like something out of the French Revolution, but then they didn’t have Barbie back in those days. Intriguing piece; looks like a massacre could have taken place there.
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Haha, well, I added Barbie just to make it more fiction than history…I’m sure there were many massacres in the past centuries in Quebec and that name is not that rare even if it means high class:) Thanks for reading, Perry.
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Nice Cheryl-Lynn good go … sad but well written!
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Thanks, Georgia. For some reason that image stirred only gruesome things….good thing it was only 100 words or less!
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That can happen and frankly at first i just scratched my head wondering what the dickens to write. You did a good writing job though … not everything can be sugar and light I guess. 🙂
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No and writing gory gets yucky stories out of my psyche from my work.
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Now that can’t be bad! ‘Sides people like to read gory stories at times so could be a win – win situation.
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There ya go:) Check out my puente when you have a moment, it’s the next poem.
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Massacres of any kind are bad bad bad! Barbie’s or no. Nice job.
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Yes, bad indeed…I like challenging myself to write something of which I am not usually comfortable …100 words makes it easier. Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment 🙂
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Ooooh! Scary good! Well written and I could picture it all as written. You really have a knack for story telling – or reflecting on a hideous memory. Good job! Nan 🙂
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Thank you, Nan, so much for your kind words. The only thing from memory was our family home was sold in an auction when I was a teen.
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Cheryl-Lynn, Well written though dark. I also thought of historical fiction until the mention of Barbies. Well done. 🙂 —Susan
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Now I am curious to check out stories in the past of such massacres in my province. Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment, Susan.
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The way you paint the story is quite brilliant.. very well captured .. you told us much more than what was contained in those 100 words.
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Thank you. I think I do better with shorts and probably the reason I never get passed a few pages in a book I’ve wanted to write for years.
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Dear Cheryl-Lynn,
It seems in taking vacation I’ve missed a few new writers. I’d be remiss in not welcoming you.
Adding the child’s POV heaped extra sadness on your story. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, you are so kind and thank you for your amazing blog with an opportunity to write short fiction!! Shalom, Cheryl-Lynn
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